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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 5, 2024

 

Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-40064   82-1510982
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

1055 Westlakes Drive, Suite 300

Berwyn, PA 19312

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(610) 727-4597 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class:   Trading Symbol   Name of Each Exchange on which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share   VRPX   The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On July 5, 2024, Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 5, 2024 (the “Purchase Agreement”), with an institutional investor (the “Investor”) pursuant to which, on July 5, 2024, the Company issued to the Investor a senior secured promissory note in the principal amount of $2,500,000 (the “Secured Note”) for $2,500,000 (the “Subscription Amount”). This transaction is referred to as the “Financing.” The Company used the proceeds from the Financing to finance the satisfaction of its liabilities with respect to the litigation captioned Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. and Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Anthony Mack and Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Case No. 2021-0210-PAF).

 

The Secured Note bears interest at the rate of 18% per annum with the principal and accrued interest due in full on December 31, 2025. In order to secure the Company’s obligations under the Secured Note, the Company entered into a Security Agreement, dated July 5, 2024 (the “Security Agreement”), granting the Investor a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s personal property and assets, including its intellectual property. The Secured Note contains customary events of default. If an event of default occurs, the Investor may accelerate the indebtedness under the Secured Note, in an amount equal to 110% of the outstanding principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest plus liquidated damages and other amounts, costs, expenses and/or liquidated damages due under or in respect of the Secured Note, if any.

 

The Purchase Agreement provides that it was a condition of the closing of the Financing that not less than five of the current members of the Company’s Board of Directors resign and that four nominees designated by the Investor be appointed to the Board of Directors. As a result, effective as of the closing of the Financing, (i) each of Barbara Ruskin, Jerrold Sendrow, Jeffrey Gudin, Thani Jambulingam and Michael F. Dubin resigned as directors of the Company, and (ii) the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Judy Su as a Class I Director, Jatinder Dhaliwal and Katharyn Field as Class II directors, and Gary Herman as a Class III director of the Company.

 

The Purchase Agreement also provides that the Company and Investor will negotiate in good faith in order to agree upon and consummate an equity or debt financing (a “Subsequent Financing”) of not less than $5,000,000 as soon as practicable after the closing date of the Financing and that (i) the Investor shall have the exclusive right to negotiate the terms of and consummate any Subsequent Financing until September 30, 2024 on terms no less favorable than a third party would offer; and (ii) in any event, the Investor shall have a right of refusal with respect to any Subsequent Financing that may be consummated by any third-party on or before September 30, 2024. In the event that a Subsequent Financing of at least $5,000,000 is not provided by Investor (and/or its Affiliate(s) and/or third-party other designee(s)) on or before September 30, 2024, then the Investor nominated Board members shall resign from the Company’s Board of Directors effective immediately.

 

The Purchase Agreement and the Security Agreement contain customary representations, warranties, conditions and indemnification obligations of the parties. Among other things, the Investor represented to the Company, that it is an “accredited investor” (as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), and the Company sold the securities in reliance upon an exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Secured Note, Purchase Agreement, and Security Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1, 10.1, and 10.2, respectively, and each of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

 

As described in Item 1.01 above, the Company issued the Secured Note on July 5, 2024 and entered into the Security Agreement granting the holder of the Secured Note a security interest in substantially all of its personal property and assets, including its intellectual property.

 

The disclosure in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

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Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

 

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference. Upon the closing of the Financing, the Investor acquired control of the Company by appointing a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

  

Effective as of the closing of the Financing, (i) each of Barbara Ruskin, Jerrold Sendrow, Jeffrey Gudin, Thani Jambulingam and Michael F. Dubin resigned as directors of the Company, and (ii) the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Judy Su as a Class I Director, Jatinder Dhaliwal and Katharyn Field as Class II directors, and Gary Herman as a Class III director of the Company. Mr. Herman and Ms. Field were each appointed to serve as members of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

The principal occupation and brief summary of the backgrounds of Judy Su, Jatinder Dhaliwal, Katharyn Field and Gary Herman are as follows:

 

Judy Su was a lead pharmacist at a national drug store from 2012 to 2018 and has a vast understanding of large-scale retail distribution of scheduled drugs and medications. Currently, Ms. Su works as a pharmacist in the public sector, a position she has held since February 2018, where she is instrumental in pharmaceutical practices of the province. She has five years of experience serving as an independent director for multiple publicly traded companies listed in Canada (CSE,TSX). Ms. Su graduated in 2012 from the University of British Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy.

 

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Jatinder (Jay) Dhaliwal is a registered pharmacist and has served as CEO and director of multiple publicly traded companies listed in Canadian (CSE, TSX) and American (Nasdaq) exchanges. Since June 2022, Mr. Dhaliwal has served as director and chairman of the board of Akanda Corp., a leading seed to patient cannabis producer based out of Europe and currently listed on the Nasdaq. He also serves as chief executive officer and director of Binovi Technologies Corp., a biotech company, since January 2022. He has been and currently serves as chief executive officer and a director of Global Health Clinics LTD, a business that engages in the cannabis industry and operates medical clinics which guide patients through the process of becoming legal users of marijuana, since March 2019. Mr. Dhaliwal also currently serves as a director at LQR House Inc, a Nasdaq listed ecommerce company and marketing agency specialized in the alcohol industry, a position he has held since August 2023. His experience as an executive and a director with large retail cannabis operations has given him an in-depth knowledge of dealing with government agencies associated with liquor and cannabis boards. From July 2022 until May 2023, Mr. Dhaliwal served as chief executive officer and director of Kiaro Holding Corp., a retail cannabis company. Previously, he served as chief executive officer and a director of EGF Theramed Health Corp., a biomedical company, from January 2020 to August 2022. He also served as a director of Makara Mining from August 2021 until September 2022 and Intact Gold Corp from August 2019 until June 2020. Mr. Dhaliwal’s experience in pharmaceuticals has allowed him to utilize his skills to drive growth at the consumer level and save through supply chain negotiations. He has extensive knowledge in agricultural, medical and pharmaceutical operations. Mr. Dhaliwal holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Victoria. Mr. Dhaliwal has overseen the acquisition and development of numerous projects, technology platforms and applications. He has overseen operations of numerous retail and commercial operations and implemented various health protocols and technology advances into health and wellness chains.

 

Katharyn (Katie) Field has a background which includes positions spanning both the private and public sectors and brings a wealth of experience and expertise in strategy consulting and executive leadership. Ms. Field is currently the chief executive officer and Chairman of Halo Collective Inc., a cannabis company, where she has served since May 2019, an Executive Director at Akanda Corporation, a medical cannabis company, where she has served since June 2022, and the Chairperson of Aerwins Technology, a technology company, where she has served since June 2023. Previously, she served as a director of Elegance Brands from March 2021 until March 2022. She has held prominent positions at renowned organizations such as The White House in the office of the public liaison, The Brookings Institution as a manager of operations, and Bain & Company as a consultant. In 2014, Ms. Field entered the cannabis industry and played a pivotal role in the procurement, build-out, and sale of one of the original vertically integrated licensed medical marijuana treatment centers in Florida. Subsequently, she operated a strategy consulting practice focused on cannabis and served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at MariMed from 2018 to 2019. Ms. Field holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA with honors from Stanford University.

 

Gary Herman is a seasoned investor boasting extensive years of investment and advisory prowess. From 2006 until 2021, he co-managed Strategic Turnaround Equity Partners, LP (Cayman) and its affiliates, focused primarily on undervalued publicly traded securities, and from 2005 until 2020 he was affiliated with Arcadia Securities LLC, a New York based broker-dealer. Mr. Herman was a managing member of Abacoa Capital Management, LLC from January 2011 until August 2013, where his focus centered on the Global-Macro investment strategy. His background also includes tenure as an investment banker at Burnham Securities, Inc. from 1997 until 2002 and as a managing partner of Kingshill Group, Inc., a multinational merchant banking and financial firm, from 1993 until 1997. Mr. Herman serves on the board of directors of various public companies, including XS Financial, Inc. since September 2019, SusGlobal Energy, Inc. since April 2021, SRM Entertainment, Inc. since December 2022, LQR House, Inc. since August 2023, and Siyata Mobile, Inc. since August 2023. Previously, he also served as a director of Safety Shot, Inc, a public company, from March 2022 until August 2023. Mr. Herman received a B.S. in Political Science from the University at Albany, with minors in Business and Music.

 

Each of Ms. Su, Mr. Dhaliwal, Ms. Field and Mr. Herman will receive the standard compensation available to the Company’s current non-employee directors, including in accordance with the Company’s 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, an initial award of options to purchase 2,500 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, and an annual award of options to purchase 1,500 shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

There are no family relationships between Judy Su, Jatinder Dhaliwal, Katharyn Field or Gary Herman and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. Judy Su, Jatinder Dhaliwal, Katharyn Field and Gary Herman do not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Other than as described in Item 1.01 above, there were no arrangements or understandings by which Judy Su, Jatinder Dhaliwal, Katharyn Field and Gary Herman were appointed as a member of the Board of Directors.

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On July 8, 2024, the Company issued a press release regarding the Financing and the reorganization of its Board of Directors. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.

 

The information in this Item 7.01 and in the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing with the SEC made by the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

The press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K includes “safe harbor” language pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, indicating that certain statements contained therein are “forward-looking” rather than historical.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. 

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number
  Exhibit Description
4.1  

 Form of Secured Note

     
10.1   Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 5, 2024, by and between Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Corbo Capital Inc.*
     
10.2   Security Agreement, dated July 5, 2024, by and between Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Corbo Capital Inc.*
     
99.1   Press Release dated July 8, 2024 issued by Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

  

*Exhibits and schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the SEC upon request.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  VIRPAX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
     
Dated: July 8, 2024 By: /s/ Vinay Shah
    Vinay Shah
    Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

Original Issue Date: July 5, 2024  Original Principal Amount:  $2,500,000 
Final Maturity Date: December 31, 2025  Interest Rate:   18%

 

VIRPAX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

SENIOR SECURED NOTE

 

THIS SENIOR SECURED NOTE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued promissory notes of Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), designated as its Senior Secured Notes (this note, this “Note” and, collectively with the other notes of such series, the “Notes”).

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to CORBO CAPITAL INC. or its registered assigns (“Holder”), the Original Principal Amount of this Note as set forth hereinabove (the “Original Principal Amount”) on the Final Maturity Date set forth hereinabove (the “Final Maturity Date”), or such earlier date as this Note is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder (as the case may be, the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest to the Holder in accordance with the provisions hereof. This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

 

Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Note: (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement, and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Bankruptcy Event” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement, (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered, (d) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within 60 calendar days after such appointment, (e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts, (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof admits in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, (h) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

 

Business Day” is defined in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Default Amount” means, with respect to any Investor’s Note(s) at any time, the sum of: (1) the product of (i) the sum of (x) the outstanding balance of the Original Principal Amount of this Note at such time plus (y) all accrued and unpaid interest hereunder and (ii) 110%, plus (2) all liquidated damages and other amounts, costs, expenses and/or liquidated damages due under or in respect of this Note, if any.

 

 

 

 

Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

 

Indebtedness” means any liabilities of the Company for borrowed money or amounts owed and all guaranties made by the Company of borrowed money or amounts owed by others.

 

New York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

 

Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of the Notes, regardless of any transfers of any Note and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Notes.

 

Payment Amount” means, with respect to any Investor’s Note(s) at any time, the sum of: (1) the outstanding balance of the Original Principal Amount of this Note at such time, plus (2) all accrued and unpaid interest hereunder, plus (3) all liquidated damages and other amounts, costs, expenses and/or liquidated damages due under or in respect of this Note, if any.

 

Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 5, 2024 by and among the Company and the original holders of Notes, as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Section 2. Interest and Payment.

 

(a) The Original Principal Amount of this Note shall bear interest accruing at eighteen percent (18%) per annum, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of this Note.

 

(b) On the Maturity Date, the entire Payment Amount (or, if an Event of Default shall have previously occurred, the entire Default Amount) shall become due and payable. The Company may prepay this Note in full at any time after the Original Issue Date in an amount equal to the Payment Amount (or, if an Event of Default shall have previously occurred, the entire Default Amount).

 

Section 3. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(a) Different Denominations. This Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate Original Principal Amount of Notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(b) Investment Representations. This Note has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.

 

(c) Reliance on Note Register. Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Note, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Note is duly registered on its official registry of Notes as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Section 4. Negative Covenants. As long as any portion of this Note remains outstanding, unless the holders of a majority in Original Principal Amount of the then outstanding Notes shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries (if any) to, directly or indirectly:

 

(a) amend its organization documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of holders of Notes (it being agreed that a reverse stock split in order to comply with Nasdaq terms shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affects any rights of holders of Notes);

 

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(b) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de minimis number of shares of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents other than (i) as required under the Transaction Documents, (ii) repurchases of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents of departing officers and directors of the Company, provided that such repurchases shall not exceed an aggregate of $25,000 for all officers and directors during the term of this Note, (iii) repurchases of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, pursuant to existing repurchase agreements, provided that such repurchases shall not exceed an aggregate of $25,000 during the term of this Note, or (iv) shares of Common Stock and Common Stock Equivalents which do not vest or are otherwise forfeited, provided (in case of forfeiture) that such Common Stock and Common Stock Equivalents are not acquired for cash;

 

(c) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness, other than the Notes if on a pro-rata basis, other than regularly scheduled principal and interest payments as such terms are in effect as of the Original Issue Date; provided that no Event of Default shall then exist or occur or exist by reason thereof;

 

(d) pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company other than securities outstanding on the Original Issue Date pursuant to their respective terms on such date;

 

(e) enter into any material transaction with any Affiliate of the Company, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval); or

 

(f) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 5. Events of Default.

 

(a) “Event of Default” means, wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for such event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

(i) any default in the payment or prepayment of the Payment Amount (or, if an Event of Default shall have previously occurred, the entire Default Amount) as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on the Maturity Date, by mandatory prepayment, acceleration or otherwise) which default is not cured within five (5) Business Day;

 

(ii) the Company shall fail to observe or perform its obligations under Section 4.03 of the Purchase Agreement, or any of the Investor Nominated Board Members shall have been removed from the Board of Directors without the prior written consent of the Holder;

 

(iii) the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in the Notes, which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) five (5) Business Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) seven (7) Business Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;

 

(iv) a default or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the applicable agreement, document or instrument) shall occur under (A) any of the Transaction Documents, or (B) any other material agreement, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (and not covered by clause (vii) below);

 

(v) any material representation or warranty made in this Note, any other Transaction Documents, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made;

 

(vi) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;

 

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(vii) the Company shall default on any of its obligations under any mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, capital lease, factoring agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness for borrowed money or money due under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an obligation greater than $25,000, whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and (b) results in such Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable;

 

(viii) the Company shall be a party to any change of control transaction or Fundamental Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of (except as part of the Company Conversion) all or in excess of 33% of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute a change of control transaction); or

 

(ix) a final non-appealable judgment by any competent court in Canada or the United States for the payment of money in an amount of at least $100,000 is rendered against the Company, and the same remains undischarged and unpaid for a period of 60 days during which execution of such judgment is not effectively stayed.

 

(b) Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs, the entire Default Amount of this Note shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash. Upon the payment in full of the Payment Amount (or, if an Event of Default shall have previously occurred, the entire Default Amount) in accordance with the terms of this Note, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Note to or as directed by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described herein, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Note until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 5(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by email attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address set forth on in the Purchase Agreement, or such other, email address, or address as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 6(a). Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, by email attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number, email address or address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number or email attachment or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of: (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment to the email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on any date, (ii) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment to the email address set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is not a Business Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on any Business Day, (iii) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

 

(b) Absolute Obligation; Ranking. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Note is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Note is a senior secured direct debt obligation of the Company that (i) is secured under the Security Agreement, and (ii) ranks (x) pari passu with all other Notes now or hereafter issued under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, and (y) senior or pari passu with all other Indebtedness of the Company.

 

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(c) Lost or Mutilated Note. If this Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Note, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Note, a new Note for the Original Principal Amount of this Note so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Note, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

(d) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the County of New York, New York (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, Action or Proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, Action or Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Note and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an Action or Proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, then the prevailing party in such Action or Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Action or Proceeding.

 

(e) Waiver. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Note shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Note. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Note on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in writing.

 

(f) Severability. If any provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Note shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Note, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been enacted.

 

(g) Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. The Company covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is reasonably requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this Note.

 

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(h) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

(i) Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Note and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

Section 7. Amendments; Waivers. Any modifications, amendments or waivers of the provisions hereof shall be subject to Section 5.04 of the Purchase Agreement.

 

Section 8. Usury. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any action or proceeding that may be brought by any Holder in order to enforce any right or remedy under any Transaction Document. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any Transaction Document, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under the Transaction Documents for payments in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”), and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums in the nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under the Transaction Documents exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law and applicable to the Transaction Documents is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental action subsequent to the date hereof, the new maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to the Transaction Documents from the effective date thereof forward, unless such application is precluded by applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to any Holder with respect to indebtedness evidenced by the Transaction Documents, such excess shall be applied by such Holder to the unpaid principal amount of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling such excess to be at such Holder’s election.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.

 

  VIRPAX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: Gerald Bruce
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of July 5, 2024 between Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the purchaser identified on the Annex A hereto (including its successors and assigns, the “Investor”.

 

WHEREAS, the Investor wishes to purchase from the Company, and the Company wishes to issue and sell to the Investor, one or more senior secured notes in the form of Appendix A hereto (each, a “Note” and collectively, the “Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of $2,500,000; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and Investor are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon an exemption from securities registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, afforded by the provisions of Section 4(a)(2) and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and Investor agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement:

 

(a) capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Notes (as defined herein), and (b) the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Agreement.

 

$” means United States Dollars.

 

Action” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.01(k).

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to Section 2.01.

 

Closing Date” means the Business Day when all of the Transaction Documents for such Notes have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and conditions precedent to (x) the Investor’s obligations to pay the Subscription Amount to the Company and (y) the Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Notes to the Investor shall have been satisfied or waived.

 

Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 

 

Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.00001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

Common Stock Equivalent” means any convertible security or warrant, option or other right to subscribe for or purchase any additional shares of Common Stock or any other Common Stock Equivalent.

 

Exempt Issuance” means the issuance by the Company of any Common Stock or standard options to purchase Common Stock to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or its Subsidiaries in their capacity as such pursuant to an employee benefit plan which has been approved by the board of directors of the Company prior to or subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to which Common Stock and standard options to purchase Common Stock may be issued to any employee, officer, director or consultant for services provided to the Company or its subsidiaries in their capacity as such.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.01(p).

 

Investor Nominated Board Members” shall mean Jatinder Dhaliwal, Pavan Gill, Katie Field and Gary Herman.

 

Legend Removal Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.01(c).

 

Liens” shall mean a lien, charge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction or adverse claim of a third party.

 

Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.01(b).

 

Notes” means the senior secured notes issued by the Company to the Investor hereunder, in the form of Appendix A attached hereto.

 

Permitted Liens” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.01(o).

 

Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or un-incorporated association, joint-venture, limited liability company, joint-stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

Required Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.01(e).

 

SEC Reports” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.01(h).

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, in the form of Appendix B attached hereto.

 

State Securities Laws” means the securities (or “blue sky”) rules, regulations, or other similar laws of a particular state.

 

Subscription Amount” means the amount identified as such on Annex A hereto.

 

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Subsequent Financing” means any debt or equity financing (other than in an Exempt Issuance, or pursuant to the Transaction Documents) agreement or arrangement of the Company and/or any Subsidiary occurring after the Closing Date.

 

Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company and shall, where applicable, include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the date hereof.

 

Termination Date” means a date determined by the Company on which the offering of the Notes shall terminate.

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Security Agreement and all appendices, exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder.

 

ARTICLE II

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

Section 2.01 Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, substantially concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, the Company agrees to sell, and the Investor agrees to purchase a Note, with an aggregate principal amount equal to the Subscription Amount. At the Closing, the Investor shall deliver, via wire transfer, immediately available funds equal to such principal amount against which the Company shall deliver to Investor its Notes. The Company and Investor, as applicable, shall deliver the other items set forth in Section 2.02 deliverable at the Closing. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.02 and 2.03, the Closing shall occur at the offices of the Investor’s counsel, or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree or may be closed remotely by electronic delivery of documents. The Closing Date shall be the date indicated on the Investor’s signature page attached hereto.

 

Section 2.02 Closing Deliverables.

 

(a) By Investor. On or prior to the Closing Date, Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the following:

 

(i)this Agreement duly executed by Investor;

 

(ii)the Security Agreement duly executed by Investor; and

 

(iii)Investor’s Subscription Amount, by wire transfer to the Company pursuant to the wiring instructions set forth in Section 2.03(c).

 

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(b) By the Company. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Investor:

 

(i)this Agreement, duly executed by an authorized officer of behalf of the Company;

 

(ii)a Note registered in the name of Investor (or its nominee) and with a principal amount equal to the Investor’s Subscription Amount, duly executed by an authorized officer of behalf of the Company;

 

(iii)the Security Agreement duly executed by an authorized officer on behalf of the Company; and

 

(iv)an officer’s certificate of the Company certifying the Company’s: (A) certified charter (or similar formation document); (C) good standing certificate in its state of incorporation; (D) bylaws (or similar governing document); and (D) resolutions of its Board of Directors (or similar governing body) approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, the matters contemplated by Section 2.03(b)(v) below).

 

Section 2.03 Closing Conditions.

 

(a) The obligations of the Company hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

(i)the accuracy in all material respects on the Closing Date of Investor’s representations and warranties contained herein;

 

(ii)all obligations, covenants and agreements of Investor required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed; and

 

(iii)the delivery by Investor of the items set forth in Section 2.02(a) of this Agreement.

 

(b) The obligations of Investor hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met (it being understood that the Company may waive any of the conditions for any Closing hereafter):

 

(i)the accuracy in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein (unless as of a specific date therein in which case they shall be accurate as of such date);

 

(ii)all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Company required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;

 

(iii)the delivery by the Company of the items set forth in Section 2.02(b) of this Agreement;

 

(iv)there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date hereof; and

 

(v)not less than five (5) of the current members of the Board of Directors shall have resigned or been removed; and each of the Investor Nominee Board Members shall have been elected or appointed to serve on the Board of Directors effective immediately from and after the Closing (subject to this Agreement).

 

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(c) The wiring instructions for the Company are as follows:

 

Bank Name: ______________________
Address: ______________________
   ______________________
ABA No. ______________________
Acct. Name: ______________________
Acct. No.: ______________________

 

ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 3.01 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to Investor that, except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the following representations are true and complete as of the date of the date hereof.

 

(a) Subsidiaries. The Company does not have any Subsidiaries not disclosed in the SEC Reports.

 

(b) Organization and Qualification. The Company is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. The Company is not in violation or default of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, each, as amended and in effect. A complete and correct copy of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended and in effect on the date of this Agreement and as they will be in effect on the Closing Date, is attached to the officer’s certificate referenced in Section 2.02(b)(iv). There are no other organizational or charter documents of the Company. The Company is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document; (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company or any of its material assets or lines of business, individually; or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and no Proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification; provided, however, that “Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to: (i) general economic or political conditions, (ii) conditions generally affecting the industry in which the Company or any Subsidiary operates, (iii) any changes in financial or securities markets in general, (iv) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof, (v) any pandemic, epidemics or human health crises (including COVID-19), (vi) any changes in applicable laws or accounting rules, (vii) the announcement, pendency or completion of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or (viii) any action required or permitted by the Transaction Documents or any action taken (or omitted to be taken) with the written consent of or at the written request of the Investor.

 

(c) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Board of Directors or the Company’s stockholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will have been) duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies; and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law. 

 

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(d) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents; (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company (other than the Liens granted under the Security Agreement), or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company debt) or other understanding to which the Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected; or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company is subject (including federal and State Securities Laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) Filings, Consents and Approvals. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) such consents, waivers, or authorizations as have been obtained before the Closing; (ii) the filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are required to be made under applicable State Securities Laws and (iii) such filings as may be required to be made with the SEC and The Nasdaq Stock Market in connection with the Subsequent Financing (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).

 

(f) Issuance of the Notes. The Notes are duly authorized and, when issued and/or paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be free and clear of all Liens other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.

 

(g) Capitalization. The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the SEC Reports. Except in instances where valid waivers have been obtained, no Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, there are no Common Stock Equivalents of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any Common Stock or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Notes will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue Common Stock or other securities to any Person and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. Except for the Required Approvals and waivers that have heretofore been obtained, no further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Notes. There are no stockholder agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

 

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(h) SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”). As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments.

 

(i) Undisclosed Liabilities. The Company has no liability, indebtedness, obligation, expense, claim, deficiency or guaranty of any type, whether accrued, absolute, contingent, matured, unmatured or otherwise, required to be reflected in financial statements in accordance with GAAP, which individually or in the aggregate: (A) has not been reflected in the latest balance sheet included in the financial statements referenced hereinabove; or (B) has not arisen: (i) in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practices, (ii) pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or other Transaction Document, or (c) are executory performance obligations to be performed after the date hereof in the ordinary course of business pursuant to agreement(s) entered into in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practices. The Company is not in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

(j) Material Changes. Since the date of the latest financial statements included in the SEC Reports: (A) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (B) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (i) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and (ii) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP; (C) the Company has not altered its method of accounting; (D) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock except; and (E) except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company has not issued any equity securities except in favor of an officer, director or consultant pursuant to an existing Company equity incentive plans.

 

(k) Litigation. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, or any of its properties, before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which: (A) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or the Notes; or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. . Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the Company or any director or officer thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving: (x) a claim of violation of or liability under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, FINRA rules or any State Securities Laws; (y) breach of fiduciary duty; or (z) fraud (statutory or common law), embezzlement, misappropriation or conversion of property or rights, or any other crime involving deceit.

 

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(l) Labor Relations. No labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company, and the Company is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement. The Company believes that its relationships with its employees are good. No current executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non- competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, it is in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m) Compliance. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, the Company: (i) is neither in default under nor in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company under), nor has the Company received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived); (ii) is not in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body; and (iii) is not and has not been in material violation of any statute, law, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that affect the environment.

 

(n) Regulatory Permits. The Company possesses all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its business, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any of the foregoing.

 

(o) Title to Assets. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by it that, in each case, is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for (collectively, “Permitted Liens”): (i) Permitted Liens (as such term is defined in the Security Agreement); and (ii) Liens disclosed in the that do not materially and adversely (x) affect the value of such property or (y) interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company or a Subsidiary is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company or such Subsidiary (as applicable) are in compliance.

 

(p) Patents and Trademarks. (i) The Company has, or has rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights as necessary or material for use in connection with its business and which the failure to so have could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”); (ii) the Company has not received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of the Intellectual Property Rights violates or infringes upon the intellectual property rights of any other Person; (iii) all Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable by the Company, and there is no existing infringement by any other Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights, except where the failure to be so enforceable or for such infringements as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iv) the Company has taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of its Intellectual Property Rights, except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(q) Transactions with Officers, Directors and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company, is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from, any such officer, director or employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any such officer, director or employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, member or partner, in each case other than for: (x) payment of salary or fees for services rendered; (y) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company; and (z) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

 

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(r) [Intentionally Omitted].

 

(q) Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.02, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Notes by the Company to the Investor as contemplated hereby.

 

(r) Investment Company. The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Note will not be or be an Affiliate of, an ‘investment company’ within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not be an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(s) Registration Rights. Other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents, no Person has any right to demand the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the sale of any securities of the Company.

 

(t) Disclosure. Except with respect to: (i) the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; and (ii) information given to the Investor, if any, which the Company hereby confirms will not constitute material non-public information, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided any of the Investor or their agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, nonpublic information. The Company understands and confirms that the Investor will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company. All disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the Investor regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby, is true and correct and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(u) No Integrated Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.02, neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Notes to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act which would require the registration of any such securities under the Securities Act.

 

(v) Solvency. Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder: (i) the fair saleable value of the Company’s assets exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of the Company’s existing debts and other liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature; (ii) the Company’s assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted by the Company, and projected capital requirements and capital availability thereof; and (iii) the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company will not, after the Closing Date, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date.

 

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(w) Tax Status. Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has filed all federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and have paid or accrued all taxes shown as due thereon, and the Company has no knowledge of a tax deficiency which has been asserted or threatened against the Company.

 

(x) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold any of the Notes by any form of general solicitation or general advertising. The Company has offered the Notes for sale only to the Investor.

 

(y) Insurance. The Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company reasonably believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company is engaged. The Company has never been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, and the Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew all existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers.

 

(z) Acknowledgment Regarding Investor’s Purchase of Notes. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Investor is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by Investor or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Investor’s purchase of the Notes. The Company further represents to the Investor that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

(aa) No Disqualification Events. With respect to the Notes to be offered and sold hereunder in reliance on Rule 506(b) under the Securities Act (“Regulation D Securities”), none of the Company, any of its predecessors, any affiliated issuer, any director, executive officer, other officer of the Company participating in the offering hereunder, any beneficial owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power, nor any promoter (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of sale (each, an “Issuer Covered Person” and, together, “Issuer Covered Persons”) is subject to any of the ‘Bad Actor’ disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Issuer Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Investor a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

 

(bb) Other Covered Persons. The Company is not aware of any person (other than any Issuer Covered Person) that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the sale of any Regulation D Securities.

 

(cc) Notice of Disqualification Events. The Company will notify the Investor in writing, prior to the Closing Date of: (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person; and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Issuer Covered Person.

 

(dd) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, no agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity; (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds; (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law; or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

 

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(ee) Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor, to the Company's knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).

 

(ff) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation. The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon Investor’s request.

 

(gg) Bank Holding Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (“BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

 

(hh) Money Laundering. The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(ii) Representations. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, and the certificate(s) furnished or to be furnished to the Investor at the Closing, when taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in section 3.02 shall not modify, amend or affect the Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this section 3.01 or elsewhere in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document, or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 3.02 Representations and Warranties of the Investor.

 

The Investor hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to the Company as follows (unless as of a specific date therein, in which case they shall be accurate as of such date):

 

(a) Authority; Organization. The Investor has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform all obligations required to be performed by it hereunder. If an entity, The Investor is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with full right, corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and performance by the Investor of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the part of the Investor. Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by the Investor, and when delivered by the Investor in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except: (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

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(b) Own Account. The Investor understands that the Notes are “restricted securities” and have not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable State Securities Law and is acquiring the Notes as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Notes or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable State Securities Law, has no present intention of distributing Notes in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable State Securities Law and has no direct or indirect arrangement or understandings with any other persons to distribute or regarding the distribution of such Notes (this representation and warranty not limiting the Investor’s right to sell the Notes in compliance with applicable federal and State Securities Laws) in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable State Securities Law. The Investor is acquiring the Notes hereunder in the ordinary course of its business.

 

(c) Non-Transferrable. The Investor agrees: (i) that the Investor will not sell, assign, pledge, give, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Notes or any interest therein, or make any offer or attempt to do any of the foregoing, except pursuant to a registration of the Notes under the Securities Act and all applicable State Securities Laws, or in a transaction which is exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act and all applicable State Securities Laws, (ii) that the certificates representing the Notes will bear a legend making reference to the foregoing restrictions, and (iii) that the Company and its Affiliates shall not be required to give effect to any purported transfer of such Notes except upon compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

(d) Investor Status. The Investor is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under Regulation D of the Securities Act and is not subject to a Disqualification Event. The undersigned agrees to furnish any additional information requested by the Company or any of its Affiliates to assure compliance with applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws in connection with the purchase and sale of the Notes. Any information that has been furnished or that will be furnished by the undersigned to evidence its status as an accredited investor is accurate and complete, and does not contain any misrepresentation or material omission.

 

(e) Experience of The Investor. The Investor, either alone or together with its representatives, has such knowledge, sophistication, and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Notes, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. The Investor is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Notes and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

(f) No Trading Market. The Investor acknowledges that there is currently no trading market for the Notes and that none is expected to develop for the Notes.

 

(g) General Solicitation. The Investor acknowledges that neither the Company nor any other person offered to sell the Notes to it by means of any form of general solicitation or advertising, including, but not limited to: (i) any advertisement, article, notice, or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees were invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.

 

(h) Confidentiality. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement and its advisors who have agreed to keep information confidential or have a fiduciary obligation to keep such information confidential, the Investor has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with the transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction).

 

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(i) Foreign Investor. If the Investor is not a United States person, the Investor represents that it has satisfied itself as to the full observance of the laws of its jurisdiction in connection with any invitation to subscribe for the Notes or any use of this Agreement, including: (i) the legal requirements within its jurisdiction for the purchase of the Notes, (ii) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to such purchase, (iii) any governmental or other consents that may need to be obtained, and (iv) the income tax and other tax consequences, if any, that may be relevant to the purchase, holding, redemption, sale or transfer of the Notes. The Investor further represents that its payment for, and its continued beneficial ownership of the Notes, will not violate any applicable securities or other laws of its jurisdiction.

 

(j) Information from Company. The Investor and its investment managers, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to obtain any information necessary to verify the accuracy of any representations or information presented by the Company in this Agreement and have had all inquiries to the Company answered, and have been furnished all requested materials, relating to the Company and the offering and sale of the Notes and anything set forth in the Transaction Documents. Neither the Investor nor the Investor’s investment managers, if any, have been furnished any offering literature by the Company or any of its Affiliates, associates, or agents other than the Transaction Documents, and the agreements referenced therein.

 

(k) [Intentionally Omitted]

 

(l) Speculative Nature of Investment; Risk Factors. THE INVESTOR UNDERSTANDS THAT AN INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. The Investor acknowledges that: (i) the tax effects which may be expected by this investment are not susceptible to absolute prediction, and new developments and rules of the Internal Revenue Service, audit adjustment, court decisions or legislative changes may have an adverse effect on one or more of the tax consequences of this investment, and (ii) the Investor has been advised to consult with his own advisor regarding legal matters and tax consequences involving this investment. The Investor represents that the Investor’s investment objective is speculative in that the Investor seeks the maximum total return through an investment in a broad spectrum of securities, which involves a higher degree of risk than other investment styles and therefore the Investor’s risk exposure is also speculative. The Notes offered hereby are highly speculative and involve a high degree of risk and Investor should only purchase Note if Investor can afford to lose their entire investment.

 

(m) [Intentionally Omitted]

 

(n) Money Laundering. The operations of the Investor are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.

 

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the representations contained in Section 3.02 shall not modify, amend or affect the Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any representations and warranties contained in any other Transaction Document or any other document or instrument executed and/or delivered in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby.

 

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ARTICLE IV
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

Section 4.01 Transfer Restrictions.

 

(a) The Notes may only be disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Notes other than pursuant to an effective registration statement, the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Notes under the Securities Act. The Notes may not be sold or transferred by the Investor without the written consent of the Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. As a condition of such sale or transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have the rights of the Investor under this Agreement.

 

(b) The Investor agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4.01, of a legend on the Notes in the following form:

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

(c) The Investor will sell Notes only pursuant to the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Notes are sold pursuant to a registration statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Notes as set forth in this Section 4.01 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.

 

Section 4.02 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder to finance the satisfaction and settlement of its liabilities most recently disclosed in its SEC Reports with respect to the Action (as defined therein) captioned Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. and Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Anthony Mack and Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. 2021-0210-PAF.

 

Section 4.03 Subsequent Financings.

 

(a) Generally. From and after the Closing Date, the Company and Investor will negotiate in good faith in order to agree upon and consummate a Subsequent Financing of not less than $5,000,000 as soon as practicable after the Closing Date. In connection with the foregoing: (i) the Investor shall have the exclusive right to negotiate the terms of and consummate any Subsequent Financing until September 30, 2024; and (ii) in any event, the Investor shall have a right of refusal with respect to any Subsequent Financing that may be consummated by any third-party on or before September 30, 2024. In the event that a Subsequent Financing of not less than $5,000,000 is not provided by Investor (and/or its Affiliate(s) and/or third-party other designee(s)) on or before September 30, 2024, then the Investor Nominated Board Members shall resign from the Board of Directors effective immediately.

 

(b) Mandatory Pay-Down of Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or the Notes, not less than twenty percent (20%) of the net cash proceeds of any Subsequent Financing shall be used to pay or prepay outstanding Notes (pro rata among holders thereof) in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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(c) Public Equity Financing. Subject to the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 4.03, in the event that the Company shall not consummate a Subsequent Financing of not less than $5,000,000 on or before September 30, 2024, then the Company shall thereafter use commercially reasonable efforts to consummate an underwritten public offering/equity financing registered under the Securities Act.

 

Section 4.04 Integration. The Company shall not sell, offer for sale, or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Notes to the Investor in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Notes to the Investor.

 

Section 4.05 Publicity. The Company and the Investor shall consult with each other in issuing any other press releases with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Company nor the Investor shall issue any such press release nor otherwise make any such public statement without the prior consent of the Company with respect to any press release of the Investor, or without the prior consent of the Investor with respect to any press release of the Company mentioning the Investor, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement or communication.

 

Section 4.06 Indemnification of Investor. The Company shall indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless the Investor and its partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees and agents (and any other persons with other titles that have similar functions) (collectively, “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the cost of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or alleged to arise from: (i) any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents and (ii) any action instituted against such Indemnitee in any capacity, or any of them or their respective Affiliates, by any stockholder of the Company who is not an Affiliate of such Indemnitee, with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (unless such action is based upon a breach of such Indemnitee’s representations, warranties or covenants under the Transaction Documents or any agreements or understandings such Indemnitee may have with any such stockholder or any violations by such Indemnitee of state or federal securities laws or any conduct by such Indemnitee which results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee as determined by a final, nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction).

 

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 5.01 Fees and Expenses. The Company shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with its negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ and consultants’ fees and expenses, transfer agent fees, fees for stock quotation services, fees relating to any amendments or modifications of the Transaction Documents or any consents or waivers of provisions in the Transaction Documents, fees for the preparation of opinions of counsel, escrow fees, and costs of restructuring the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. When possible, the Company must pay these fees directly, including, but not limited to, any and all wire fees; otherwise the Company must make immediate payment for reimbursement to the Investor for all fees and expenses immediately upon written notice by the Investor or the submission of an invoice by the Investor.

 

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Section 5.02 Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

 

Section 5.03 Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the others shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by or email:

 

if to Investor: 

Corbo Capital Inc. 

131 Bloor St W. 

Toronto ON M5S 1S3 

Canada 

Attn: Adam V. Chambers 

Email: achambers@corbocapital.com

 

with a copy to: 

Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP 

1185 Avenue of the Americas, 31st Floor 

New York, NY 10036 

Attn: Ross Carmel, Esq. 

Email: rcarmel@srfc.law

 

if to the Company: 

Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 

1055 Westlakes Drive, Suite 300 

Berwyn, PA 19312 

Attention: Gerald Bruce, CEO 

Email: gbruce@virpaxpharma.com

 

with a copy to: 

Blank Rome LLP 

1271 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10020 

Attn: Leslie Marlow, Esq. 

Email: leslie.marlow@blankrome.com

 

or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice as provided above.

 

Section 5.04 Amendments; Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented, or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Investor or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

Section 5.05 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Investor (other than by merger). The Investor may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom the Investor assigns or transfers any Notes, provided that such transfer complies with all applicable federal and State Securities Laws and that such transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound, with respect to the transferred Notes, by the provisions of the Transaction Documents that apply to the “Investor.”

 

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Section 5.06 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

 

Section 5.07 Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of the Transaction Documents shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the federal and state courts sitting in the County of New York, New York (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the Transaction Documents, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

Section 5.08 Survival. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Notes.

 

Section 5.09 Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page was an original thereof.

 

Section 5.10 Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

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Section 5.11 [Intentionally Omitted]

 

Section 5.12 Replacement of Notes. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Notes is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof (in the case of mutilation), or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction. The applicant for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement Notes.

 

Section 5.13 Remedies. In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Investor and the Company will be entitled to seek specific performance under the Transaction Documents. The parties agree that monetary damages may not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of any breach of obligations contained in the Transaction Documents and hereby agree to waive and not to assert in any action for specific performance of any such obligation the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

Section 5.14 Payment Set Aside. To the extent that the Company makes a payment or payments to the Investor pursuant to any Transaction Document or the Investor enforces or exercises its rights thereunder, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or exercise or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to the Company, a trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause of action), then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

Section 5.15 Construction. The parties agree that each of them and/or their respective counsel has reviewed and had an opportunity to revise the Transaction Documents and, therefore, the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation of the Transaction Documents or any amendments hereto. In addition, each and every reference to share prices and shares of Common Stock in any Transaction Document shall be subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.16 Headings. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

Section 5.17 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING IN ANY JURISDICTION BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY, THE PARTIES EACH KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY ABSOLUTELY, UNCONDITIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES FOREVER TRIAL BY JURY.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date below.

 

  VIRPAX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Gerald Bruce
  Name:  Gerald Bruce                                       
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  INVESTOR:
   
  The Investor executing the Signature Page in the form attached hereto as Annex A and delivering the same to the Company or its agents shall be deemed to have executed this Agreement and agreed to the terms hereof.

 

 

 

 

Annex A

 

Securities Purchase Agreement Investor Counterpart Signature Page

 

The undersigned, desiring to: (i) enter into this Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of July 5, 2024 (the “Agreement”), with the undersigned, Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in or substantially in the form furnished to the undersigned and (ii) purchase the Notes as set forth below, hereby agrees to purchase such Notes from the Company as of the Closing and further agrees to join the Agreement as a party thereto, with all the rights and privileges appertaining thereto, and to be bound in all respects by the terms and conditions thereof. The undersigned specifically acknowledges having read the representations in this Agreement’s section entitled “Representations Warranties of the Investor”, and hereby represents that the statements contained therein are complete and accurate with respect to the undersigned as the Investor.

 

  INVESTOR:

 

  CORBO CAPITAL INC.
   
  By: /s/ Adam Chambers
  Name:  Adam Chambers
  Title: President
  Date:  

 

Subscription Amount: $2,500,000

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX A

 

FORM OF SENIOR SECURED NOTE

 

 

APPENDIX B

 

FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of July 5, 2024 (this “Agreement”), is among Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation ( “Debtor”), on the one hand, and the holder(s) of the Company’s $2,500,000 principal amount of senior secured notes (“Notes”) signatory hereto, their endorsees, transferees and assigns (each holder a “Secured Party,” and collectively, the “Secured Parties”), on the other. Each of the Company and the Secured Parties are a “party” to this Agreement, and one or more of them are the “parties” hereto as the context may require.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of July 5, 2024 (the “Purchase Agreement”) and the Notes, the Secured Parties have severally agreed to extend loans to the Company evidenced by the Notes; and

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Parties to extend the loans evidenced by the Notes, the Debtor has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Parties this Agreement and to grant the Secured Parties a lien security interest in all of the assets of the Company to secure the prompt payment, performance and discharge in full of all of the Company’s obligations (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) under the Purchase Agreement and the Notes and the other Obligations (as defined below).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1 Certain Definitions.

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this section 1. Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement that are defined in Article 9 of the UCC (such as ‘account’, ‘chattel paper’, ‘commercial tort claim’, ‘deposit account’, ‘document’, ‘equipment’, ‘fixtures’, ‘general intangibles’, ‘goods’, ‘instruments’, ‘inventory’, ‘investment property’, ‘letter-of-credit rights’, ‘proceeds’, ‘securities’, and ‘supporting obligations’) shall have the respective meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

(a) “Collateral” means the collateral in which the Secured Parties are granted a lien and security interest by this Agreement and which shall include only the following property of the Debtor (as defined below):

 

(i) All assets of the Debtor, wherever located or deemed located, now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Debtor or in which the Debtor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest including, without limitation, all machinery, equipment, fixtures, goods, inventory, furnishings, computers, software, motor vehicles, trucks, tanks, boats, ships, appliances, furniture, special and general tools, fixtures, test and quality control devices and other equipment of every kind and nature, together with all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto, wherever situated, all Intellectual Property, together with all documents of title and documents representing the same, all additions and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, all parts therefor, and all substitutes for any of the foregoing and all other items used and useful in connection with Debtor’s businesses and all improvements thereto; and

 

(ii) All accounts of the Debtor; and

 

(iii) All chattel paper of the Debtor; and

 

 

 

 

(iv) All commercial tort claims of the Debtor; and

 

(v) All general intangibles, including: (A) all rights of the Debtor to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith; (B) all rights of the Debtor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guarantee with respect thereto; (C) all claims of the Debtor for damages arising out of any breach of or default thereunder; and (D) all rights of the Debtor to terminate, amend, supplement, modify or exercise rights or options thereunder; and

 

(vi) All documents, deposit accounts, goods, instruments, investment property (including all securities, security entitlements and commodity contracts), and letter of credit rights; and

 

(vii) All deposits and all money; and

 

(viii) All books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and

 

(ix) All Intellectual Property of the Debtor, including, but not limited to those set forth on Schedule F hereto; and

 

(x) All Proceeds and products of any of the foregoing, and all substitutions or replacements of any Collateral.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an assignment of any asset which, in the event of an assignment, becomes void by operation of applicable law or the assignment of which is otherwise prohibited by applicable law (in each case to the extent that such applicable law is not overridden by Sections 9-406, 9-407 and/or 9-408 of the UCC or other similar applicable law); provided, however, that to the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid lien security interest in such asset and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid lien security interest in the proceeds of such asset (subject, in each case, to Permitted Liens).

 

(b) “Intellectual Property” means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to the intellectual property of the Debtor, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation: (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office; (ii) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof (“Patent Rights”); (iii) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, service marks, logos, domain names, business listings and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common law rights related thereto (“Trademark Rights”); (iv) all trade secrets arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof; (v) all rights to obtain any reissues, renewals or extensions of the foregoing; (vi) all licenses for any of the foregoing; and (vii) all causes of action for infringement of the foregoing.

 

(c) “Obligations” means all of the liabilities and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or several) of Debtor due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted or acquired, or owing to, the Secured Parties, including, without limitation, all obligations under this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Notes, and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from any of the Secured Parties as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include, without limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on and all expenses related to, the Notes and the loans extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Debtor from time to time under or in connection with this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Notes, and any other instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith; and (iii) all amounts (including but not limited to post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving Debtor.

 

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(d) “Permitted Liens” shall mean, with respect to any Person: (i) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws, or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness), or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for the payment of rent or deposits made to secure obligations arising from contractual or warranty refunds, in each case, Incurred in the ordinary course of business; (ii) liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, and mechanics’ liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business and for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or, if more than thirty (30) days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such lien or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”); (iii) liens for taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges, not yet overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP; (iv) liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal, or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business; (v) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, easements, or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines, and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes, or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or liens incidental, to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties in each case which were not incurred in connection with the Notes and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Debtor; (vi) leases, subleases, licenses, or sublicenses (including of Intellectual Property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Debtor; (vii) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business; (viii) restrictive covenants affecting the use to which real property may be put; provided that the covenants are complied with in all material respects; (ix) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business; (x) zoning by-laws and other land use restrictions, including, without limitation, site plan agreements, development agreements, and contract zoning agreements; (xi) liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment, or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the in the ordinary course of business; (xii) liens arising under this Agreement or documents or instruments related to the Notes; (xiii) Liens to secure Permitted Indebtedness (as defined in the Notes); and (xiv) with respect to any mortgaged property, the matters listed as exceptions to title on Schedule B of a standard title policy covering such mortgaged property and the matters disclosed in any survey delivered to the lender with respect to such mortgaged property to the extent such matters are reasonably acceptable to the lender. For purposes of this definition, the term “indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on, and fees, expenses and other obligations payable with respect to, such indebtedness.

 

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(e) “Proceeds” shall mean all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC and, in any event, shall include with respect to the Debtor, any consideration received from the sale, exchange, license, lease or other disposition of any asset or property that constitutes Collateral, any value received as a consequence of the possession of any Collateral and any payment received from any insurer or other person or entity (“Person”) as a result of the destruction, loss, theft, damage or other involuntary conversion of whatever nature of any asset or property that constitutes Collateral, and shall include: (i) all cash and negotiable instruments received by or held by the Debtor or any other Person on behalf of the Secured Parties; (ii) any claim of Debtor against any third party for (and the right to sue and recover for and the rights to damages or profits due or accrued arising out of or in connection with) (A) past, present or future infringement or other violation of any patent now or hereafter owned by either Debtor; (B) past, present or future infringement or dilution or other violation of any trademark now or hereafter owned by Debtor or injury to the goodwill of the business connected with the use thereof or symbolized thereby, (C) past, present or future infringement or other violation of any copyright now or hereafter owned by Debtor, (D) past, present or future infringement, misappropriation or misuse or other violation or impairment of any other Intellectual Property now or hereafter owned by Debtor; and (iii) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral.

 

(f) “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any other applicable law of any state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any portion of, the Collateral or this Agreement, from time to time. It is the intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed in their broadest sense so that the term “Collateral” will be construed in its broadest sense. Accordingly, if there are from time to time, changes to defined terms in the UCC that broaden the definitions, they are incorporated herein and if existing definitions in the UCC are broader than the amended definitions, the existing ones shall be controlling.

 

Section 2 Grant of Security Interest in Collateral.

 

(a) As an inducement for the Secured Parties to extend the loans as evidenced by the Notes and to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and discharge in full of all of the Obligations as set forth in the Purchase Agreement and the Notes, as the case may be, of all of the other Obligations, Debtor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably pledges, grants and hypothecates to the Secured Parties (subject in each case to Permitted Liens) a priority security interest in and to, and lien upon and a right of set-off against all of their respective right, title and interest of whatsoever kind and nature in and to, the Collateral as defined above (“Security Interest”).

 

(b) Debtor hereby agrees to provide to the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent promptly upon request, any information reasonably necessary to effectuate the filings or recordings authorized by this Agreement. The initial Collateral Agent is Corbo Capital, Inc.; such Collateral Agent may be changed to any other Person appointed by a majority of the Secured Parties and notified to Debtor.

 

(c) The Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent are further authorized to file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office in any state of the United States (or any successor office), with the signature of Debtor, such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted hereunder to the Patent Rights and Trademark Rights, all right, title and interest to which have been assigned or will be assigned to Debtor and naming either Debtor or the Debtor as debtors and the Secured Parties, as the case may be, as secured party.

 

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(d) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Secured Parties to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of Debtor with respect to or arising out of the Collateral.

 

Section 3 Delivery of Certain Collateral.

 

Contemporaneously or prior to the execution of this Agreement, Debtor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any and all documents, instruments, certificates and all other physical evidence representing any of the other Collateral, in each case, together with all necessary endorsements required to perfect the Security Interest therein.

 

Section 4 Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements of the Debtor.

 

The Debtor represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured Parties as follows:

 

(a) Debtor has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by Debtor of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Debtor and no further action is required by Debtor. This Agreement has been duly executed by Debtor. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Debtor, enforceable against Debtor in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and by general principles of equity.

 

(b) Except for the Security Interest granted to the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement, and Permitted Liens, Debtor owns, or has valid leaseholds in or the right to use, each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all liens or other encumbrances. No security agreement, financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral that evidences a lien securing any indebtedness is on file or of record in any public office, except such as: (i) have been filed in favor of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) relate to obligations no longer outstanding or are in respect of commitments to lend which have been terminated; and (iii) with respect to Permitted Liens. No written claim has been received that any Collateral or Debtor's use of any Collateral violates the rights of any third party. There has been no adverse decision to Debtor's claim of ownership rights in or exclusive rights to use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to Debtor's right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and effect; and there is no proceeding involving said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of either Debtor, threatened before any court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency, arbitrator or other governmental authority.

 

(c) Debtor shall at all times maintain its books of account and records relating to the Collateral at its principal place of business and the Collateral at the locations set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Parties at least thirty (30) days prior to such relocation: (i) written notice of such relocation and the new location thereof (which must be within the United States); and (ii) evidence that appropriate financing statements, if any, under the UCC and other necessary documents have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken in order to create in favor of the Secured Parties a valid, perfected and continuing perfected lien in the Collateral.

 

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(d) This Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Secured Parties a valid and perfected lien and security interest in the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens, securing the payment and performance of the Obligations. Upon making the filings described in the immediately following paragraph, all security interests created hereunder in any Collateral which may be perfected by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements shall have been duly perfected. Except for the filing of the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements referred to in the immediately following paragraph, the recordation of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with respect to copyrights and copyright applications in the United States Copyright Office, the execution and delivery of deposit account control agreements satisfying the requirements of Section 9-104(a)(2) of the UCC with respect to each deposit account of the Debtor, and the delivery of the certificates and other instruments provided in section 3, no action is necessary to create, perfect or protect the security interests created hereunder.

 

(e) Debtor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file one or more financing statements under the UCC, with respect to the Collateral, with the proper filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction deemed proper by it. Debtor agrees that at any time and from time to time, at the expense of the Debtor, it will execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents), which may be required under any applicable law, or which the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order: (i) to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and priority of the Security Interest created or intended to be created hereby; or (ii) to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral, including the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the UCC in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the Security Interest created hereby, all at the expense of such Debtor.

 

(f) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Debtor does not: (i) violate any of the provisions of any articles or certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents (“Organizational Documents”) of Debtor or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or arbitrator or any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to Debtor; or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing Debtor's debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which Debtor is a party or by which any property or asset of Debtor is bound or affected. If any, all required consents (including, without limitation, from stockholders or creditors of Debtor) necessary for Debtor to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder have been obtained.

 

(g) Debtor shall at all times maintain the liens and Collateral provided for hereunder as valid and perfected liens and security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties until this Agreement and the Security Interest hereunder shall be terminated pursuant to section 14 hereof. Debtor hereby agrees to defend the same against the claims of any and all Persons and entities. Debtor shall safeguard and protect all Collateral and hold it in trust for the account of the Secured Parties. At the request of the Collateral Agent, Debtor will sign and deliver to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at any time or from time to time one or more financing statements pursuant to the UCC in form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and will pay the cost of filing the same in all public offices wherever filing is, or is deemed by the Collateral Agent to be, necessary or desirable to effect the rights and obligations provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Debtor shall pay all fees, taxes and other amounts necessary to maintain the Collateral and the Collateral hereunder, and Debtor shall obtain and furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or subordinations of claims and liens which may be required to maintain the priority of the Collateral hereunder.

 

(h) Debtor will not transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license, sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral (except for (i) non-exclusive licenses granted by a Debtor in its ordinary course of business, (ii) obsolete assets no longer useful in Debtor’s business and (iii) sales of inventory by Debtor in its ordinary course of business) without the prior written consent of a Majority in Interest (defined below).

 

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(i) Debtor shall keep and preserve its equipment, inventory and other tangible Collateral in good condition, repair and order and shall not operate or locate any such Collateral (or cause to be operated or located) in any area excluded from insurance coverage or outside the reach of the Collateral Agent.

 

(j) Debtor shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to the Collateral, including Collateral hereafter acquired, against loss or damage of the kinds and in the amounts customarily insured against by entities of established reputation having similar properties similarly situated and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by other such entities and otherwise as is prudent for entities engaged in similar businesses but in any event sufficient to cover the full replacement cost thereof. Debtor shall cause each insurance policy issued in connection herewith to provide, and the insurer issuing such policy to certify to the Collateral Agent, that: (i) the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties will be named as lender loss payee and additional insured under each such insurance policy; (ii) if such insurance be proposed to be cancelled or materially changed for any reason whatsoever, such insurer will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and such cancellation or change shall not be effective as to the Collateral Agent for at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Collateral Agent of such notice, unless the effect of such change is to extend or increase coverage under the policy; and (iii) the Collateral Agent will have the right (but no obligation) at its election to remedy any default in the payment of premiums within thirty (30) days of notice from the insurer of such default at the expense of the Debtor. If no Event of Default (as defined in the Notes) exists and if the proceeds arising out of any claim or series of related claims do not exceed $100,000, loss payments in each instance will be applied by Debtor to the repair and/or replacement of property with respect to which the loss was incurred to the extent reasonably feasible, and any loss payments or the balance thereof remaining, to the extent not so applied, shall be payable to Debtor; provided, however, that payments received by Debtor after an Event of Default occurs and is continuing or in excess of $100,000 for any occurrence or series of related occurrences shall be paid to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and, if received by Debtor, shall be held in trust for the Secured Parties and immediately paid over to the Collateral Agent unless otherwise directed in writing by the Collateral Agent. Copies of such policies or the related certificates, in each case, naming the Collateral Agent as lender loss payee and additional insured shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent upon the execution of this Agreement and at the time any new policy of insurance is issued.

 

(k) Debtor shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Secured Parties promptly, in sufficient detail, of any material adverse change in the Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event which would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or on the Secured Parties’ security interest, through the Collateral Agent, therein.

 

(l) Debtor shall permit the Collateral Agent and its representatives and agents to inspect the Collateral during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice, and to make copies of records pertaining to the Collateral as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent from time to timey.

 

(m) Debtor shall, sua sponte, take all steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue and seek to preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims, causes of action and accounts receivable in respect of the Collateral without the need for a request therefor from the Collateral Agent.

 

(n) Debtor shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in sufficient detail upon becoming aware of any attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process levied against any Collateral and of any other information received by Debtor that may materially affect the value of the Collateral, the Security Interest or the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder and shall promptly take all necessary or appropriate action to remediate, mitigate or eliminate such adverse action at its own expense.

 

(o) All information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Parties by or on behalf of Debtor with respect to the Collateral is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date furnished.

 

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(p) The Debtor shall at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective valid existence and good standing and any rights and franchises material to its business.

 

(q) At any time and from time to time that any Collateral consists of instruments, certificated securities or other items that require or permit possession by the Secured Parties to perfect the security interest created hereby, the applicable Debtor shall deliver such Collateral to the Collateral Agent upon demand.

 

(r) [Intentionally omitted].

 

(s) Debtor shall cause all tangible chattel paper constituting Collateral to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, or, if such delivery is not possible, then to cause such tangible chattel paper to contain a legend noting that it is subject to the security interest created by this Agreement. To the extent that any Collateral consists of electronic chattel paper, the applicable Debtor shall cause the underlying chattel paper to be ‘marked’ within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC (or successor Section thereto).

 

(t) Debtor shall immediately provide written notice to the Secured Parties of any and all accounts which arise out of contracts with any governmental authority and, to the extent necessary to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Collateral in such accounts and proceeds thereof, shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent an assignment of claims for such accounts and cooperate with the Collateral Agent in taking any other steps required, in its judgment, under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or rule to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Collateral in such accounts and proceeds thereof.

 

Section 5 Effect of Pledge on Certain Rights.

 

If any of the Collateral subject to this Agreement consists of nonvoting equity or ownership interests (regardless of class, designation, preference or rights) that may be converted into voting equity or ownership interests upon the occurrence of certain events (including, without limitation, upon the transfer of all or any of the other stock or assets of the issuer), it is agreed that the pledge of such equity or ownership interests pursuant to this Agreement or the enforcement of any of Collateral Agent’s rights hereunder shall not be deemed to be the type of event that would trigger such conversion rights notwithstanding any provisions in the Organizational Documents or agreements to which either Debtor is subject or to which either Debtor is party.

 

Section 6 Defaults.

 

The following events shall be “Events of Default”:

 

(a) The occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Notes) under the Notes;

 

(b) Any representation or warranty of Debtor in this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made;

 

(c) The failure by Debtor to observe or perform any of its obligations hereunder for ten (10) days after receipt by Debtor of notice of such failure by or on behalf of a Secured Party unless such default is capable of cure but cannot be cured within such time frame and Debtor is using best efforts to cure same in a timely fashion, provided that if no cure is provided to the satisfaction of the Secured Parties within twenty (20) days after such notice, then the failure shall be deemed an Event of Default; or

 

(d) If any provision of this Agreement shall at any time for any reason be declared to be null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by Debtor, or a proceeding shall be commenced by Debtor, or by any governmental authority having jurisdiction over Debtor, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or Debtor shall deny that Debtor has any liability or obligation purported to be created under this Agreement.

 

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Section 7 Duty to Hold in Trust.

 

(a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, Debtor shall, upon receipt of any revenue, income, dividend, interest or other sums subject to the Collateral, whether payable pursuant to the Notes or otherwise, or of any check, draft, note, trade acceptance or other instrument evidencing an obligation to pay any such sum, hold the same in trust for the Secured Parties and shall forthwith endorse and transfer any such sums or instruments, or both, to the Secured Parties, pro-rata in proportion to their respective then-currently outstanding principal amount of Notes for application to the satisfaction of the Obligations (and if any Note is not outstanding, pro-rata in proportion to the initial purchases of the remaining Notes).

 

(b) If Debtor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any securities or other property (including, without limitation, shares of pledged securities or instruments representing pledged securities acquired after the date hereof, or any options, warrants, rights or other similar property or certificates representing a dividend, or any distribution in connection with any recapitalization, reclassification or increase or reduction of capital, or issued in connection with any reorganization of Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries) in respect of the pledged securities (whether as an addition to, in substitution of, or in exchange for, such pledged securities or otherwise), Debtor agrees to: (i) accept the same as the Collateral Agent of the Secured Parties; and (ii) hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and (iii) to deliver any and all certificates or instruments evidencing the same to Collateral Agent on or before the close of business on the fifth business day following the receipt thereof by Debtor, in the exact form received together with the necessary endorsements, to be held by Collateral Agent subject to the terms of this Agreement as Collateral.

 

Section 8 Rights and Remedies Upon Default.

 

(a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Secured Parties, acting through the Collateral Agent, shall have the right to exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under the Purchase Agreement and the Notes, and the Secured Parties shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC. Without limitation, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have the following rights and powers:

 

(i)The Collateral Agent shall have the right to take possession of the Collateral and, for that purpose, enter, with the aid and assistance of any Person, any premises where the Collateral, or any part thereof, is or may be placed and remove the same, and Debtor shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent at places which the Collateral Agent shall reasonably select, whether at Debtor's premises or elsewhere, and make available to the Collateral Agent, without rent, all of Debtor’s respective premises and facilities for the purpose of the Collateral Agent taking possession of, removing or putting the Collateral in saleable or disposable form.

 

(ii)Upon notice to the Debtor by Collateral Agent, all rights of Debtor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise and all rights of Debtor to receive the dividends and interest which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain, shall cease. Upon such notice, Collateral Agent shall have the right to receive, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any interest, cash dividends or other payments on the Collateral and, at the option of Collateral Agent, to exercise in such Collateral Agent’s discretion all voting rights pertaining thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to exercise all rights with respect to the Collateral as it were the sole and absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, to vote and/or to exchange, at its sole discretion, any or all of the Collateral in connection with a merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization or other readjustment concerning or involving the Collateral or either Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries.

 

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(iii)The Collateral Agent shall have the right to operate the business of Debtor using the Collateral and shall have the right to assign, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of and deliver all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sale or otherwise, either with or without special conditions or stipulations, for cash or on credit or for future delivery, in such parcel or parcels and at such time or times and at such place or places, and upon such terms and conditions as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable, all without (except as shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived) advertisement or demand upon or notice to either Debtor or right of redemption of a Debtor, which are hereby expressly waived. Upon each such sale, lease, assignment or other transfer of Collateral, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may, unless prohibited by applicable law which cannot be waived, purchase all or any part of the Collateral being sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims, right of redemption and equities of either Debtor, which are hereby waived and released.

 

(iv)The Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to notify any account debtors and any obligors under instruments or accounts to make payments directly to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and to enforce the Debtor’s rights against such account debtors and obligors. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Debtor shall remain liable under each of the accounts to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. Unless the Collateral Agent has expressly in writing assumed the obligations and liabilities with respect thereto, and released the Debtor therefrom, neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any account (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of either Debtor under or pursuant to any account (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

 

The Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may (but is not obligated to) direct any financial intermediary or any other Person or entity holding any investment property to transfer the same to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, or its designee and all Proceeds received by either Debtor consisting of cash, checks and other near cash items shall be held by such Debtor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Debtor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Debtor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Debtor (duly endorsed by such Debtor to the Collateral Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its dominion and control and on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. All Proceeds while held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Debtor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied.

 

(v)The Collateral Agent may (but is not obligated to) transfer any or all Intellectual Property registered in the name of either Debtor at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or Copyright Office into the name of the Secured Parties or any designee or any purchaser of any Collateral.

 

(b) The Collateral Agent shall comply with any applicable law in connection with a disposition of Collateral and such compliance will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. The Collateral Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties and may specifically disclaim such warranties. If the Collateral Agent sells any of the Collateral on credit, the Debtor will only be credited with payments actually made by the purchaser. In addition, Debtor waives any and all rights that it may have to a judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement of any of the Collateral Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right following an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral and to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.

 

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(c) For the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to further exercise rights and remedies under this section 8 or elsewhere provided by agreement or applicable law, Debtor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to Debtor) to use, license or sublicense following an Event of Default, any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by Debtor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.

 

Section 9 Application of Proceeds.

 

The proceeds of any such sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral hereunder or from payments made on account of any insurance policy insuring any portion of the Collateral shall be applied first, to the expenses of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like (including, without limitation, any taxes, fees and other costs incurred in connection therewith) of the Collateral, to the reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in enforcing the Secured Parties’ rights hereunder and in connection with collecting, storing and disposing of the Collateral, and then to satisfaction of the Obligations pro rata among the Secured Parties (based on then-outstanding principal amounts of Notes at the time of any such determination), and to the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law, after which the Secured Parties shall pay to the applicable Debtor any surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale, license or other disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Secured Parties are legally entitled, the Debtor will be personally liable, jointly and severally, for the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the rate of 15% per annum or the lesser amount permitted by applicable law (“Default Rate”), and the reasonable fees and expenses of any attorneys employed by the Secured Parties to collect such deficiency. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Debtor waives all claims, damages and demands against the Secured Parties arising out of the repossession, removal, retention or sale of the Collateral, unless due solely to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Parties as determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

Section 10 Securities Law Provision.

 

Debtor recognizes that Collateral Agent may be limited in its ability to effect a sale to the public of all or part of the Pledged Securities by reason of certain prohibitions in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other federal or state securities laws (collectively, the “Securities Laws”), and may be compelled to resort to one or more sales to a restricted group of purchasers who may be required to agree to acquire the pledged securities set forth in Schedule A (“Pledged Securities”) for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Debtor agrees that sales so made may be at prices and on terms less favorable than if the Pledged Securities were sold to the public, and that Collateral Agent has no obligation to delay the sale of any Pledged Securities for the period of time necessary to register the Pledged Securities for sale to the public under the Securities Laws. Debtor shall cooperate with Collateral Agent in its attempt to satisfy any requirements under the Securities Laws (including, without limitation, registration thereunder if requested by Collateral Agent) applicable to the sale of the Pledged Securities by Collateral Agent.

 

Section 11 Costs and Expenses.

 

Debtor agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any filing required hereunder, including without limitation, any financing statements pursuant to the UCC, continuation statements, partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto or any expenses of any searches reasonably required by the Collateral Agent. The Debtor shall also pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent is reasonably likely to prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the Collateral or the Collateral therein. The Debtor will also, upon demand, pay to the Collateral Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and Collateral Agents, which the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may incur in connection with the creation, perfection, protection, satisfaction, foreclosure, collection or enforcement of the Security Interest and the preparation, administration, continuance, amendment or enforcement of this Agreement and pay to the Collateral Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and Collateral Agents, which the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the Secured Parties may incur in connection with: (i) the enforcement of this Agreement; (ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral; or (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Secured Parties under the Notes. Until so paid, any fees payable hereunder shall be added to the principal amount of the Notes and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

 

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Section 12 Responsibility for Collateral.

 

The Debtor assumes all liabilities and responsibility in connection with all Collateral, and the Obligations shall in no way be affected or diminished by reason of the loss, destruction, damage or theft of any of the Collateral or its unavailability for any reason. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party (i) has any duty (either before or after an Event of Default) to collect any amounts in respect of the Collateral or to preserve any rights relating to the Collateral, or (ii) has any obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale, and (b) Debtor shall remain obligated and liable under each contract or agreement included in the Collateral to be observed or performed by Debtor thereunder. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any such contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating to any of the Collateral, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of either Debtor under or pursuant to any such contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party in respect of the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such contract or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to the Collateral Agent or to which the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party may be entitled at any time or times.

 

Section 13 Collateral Absolute.

 

All rights of the Secured Parties and all obligations of the Debtor hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Notes or any agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Purchase Agreement, the Notes or any other agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing; (iii) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other collateral for, or any guarantee, or any other security, for all or any of the Obligations; (iv) any action by the Secured Parties to obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion any insurance claims or matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral; or (v) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute any legal or equitable defense available to Debtor, or a discharge of all or any part of the Collateral granted hereby. Until the Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full, the rights of the Secured Parties shall continue even if the Obligations are barred for any reason, including, without limitation, the running of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy. Debtor expressly waives presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand, notice of nonpayment and demand for performance. In the event that at any time any transfer of any Collateral or any payment received by the Secured Parties hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the United States, or shall be deemed to be otherwise due to any party other than the Secured Parties, then, in any such event, Debtor’s obligations hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Debtor waives all right to require the Secured Parties to proceed against any other person or entity or to apply any Collateral which the Secured Parties may hold at any time, or to marshal assets, or to pursue any other remedy. Debtor waives any defense arising by reason of the application of the statute of limitations to any obligation secured hereby.

 

Section 14 Term of Agreement.

 

This Agreement and the Collateral shall terminate on the date on which all payments under the Notes have been indefeasibly paid in full and all other Obligations under the Purchase Agreement have been paid or discharged; provided, however, that all indemnities of the Debtor contained in this Agreement shall survive and remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement.

 

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Section 15 Power of Attorney; Further Assurances.

 

(a) Debtor authorizes the Collateral Agent, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Collateral Agent and its officers, Collateral Agents, successors or assigns with full power of substitution, as Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power, in the name of the Collateral Agent or Debtor, to, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default: (i) endorse any note, checks, drafts, money orders or other instruments of payment (including payments payable under or in respect of any policy of insurance) in respect of the Collateral that may come into possession of the Collateral Agent; (ii) to sign and endorse any financing statement pursuant to the UCC or any invoice, freight or express bill, bill of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts, and other documents relating to the Collateral; (iii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral; (iv) to demand, collect, receipt for, compromise, settle and sue for monies due in respect of the Collateral; (v) to transfer any Intellectual Property or provide licenses respecting any Intellectual Property; and (vi) generally, at the option of the Collateral Agent, and at the expense of the Debtor, at any time, or from time to time, to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments and to do all acts and things which the Collateral Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral granted therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement and the Notes all as fully and effectually as the Debtor might or could do; and Debtor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding. The designation set forth herein shall be deemed to amend and supersede any inconsistent provision in the Organizational Documents or other documents or agreements to which Debtor is subject or to which Debtor is a party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Secured Party is specifically authorized to execute and file any applications for or instruments of transfer and assignment of any patents, trademarks, copyrights or other Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office.

 

(b) [Reserved].

 

(c) Debtor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as Debtor’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and instead of Debtor and in the name of Debtor, from time to time in the Collateral Agent’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including the filing, in its sole discretion, of one or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto, relative to any of the Collateral without the signature of Debtor where permitted by law, which financing statements may (but need not) describe the Collateral as ‘all assets’, ‘all assets now owned or hereafter acquired’ or ‘all personal property’ or words of like import, and ratifies all such actions taken by the Collateral Agent. Debtor hereby also authorizes the Collateral Agent, at any time and from time to time, to file continuation statements with respect to previously filed financing statements.

 

(d) This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding.

 

Section 16 Notices.

 

All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be subject to the notice provision of the Purchase Agreement.

 

Section 17 Power of Attorney; Further Assurances.

 

To the extent that the Obligations are now or hereafter secured by property other than the Collateral or by the guarantee, endorsement or property of any other Person, firm, corporation or other entity, then the Collateral Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or take any other action with respect thereto, without in any way modifying or affecting any of the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies hereunder.

 

Section 18 Appointment of Collateral Agent.

 

The Secured Parties may appoint a person or entity to act on their behalf with respect to the Collateral pledged hereby (“Collateral Agent”) and any action to be taken hereunder by the Secured Parties may be taken by the Collateral Agent on their behalf and in their place and stead without further action on the part of the Secured Parties. The name and contact information of the Collateral Agent and any replacement Collateral Agent shall be provided in writing to the Debtor at any time or from time to time and shall be binding upon the parties hereto without more. Any reference herein to the Collateral Agent or to the Secured Parties may apply to either or both as the context may require. The fees and reasonable expenses of the Collateral Agent shall be the obligation of the Debtor which hereby agrees to pay such fees and expenses upon demand. Any such appointment shall continue until revoked in writing by a majority of the then outstanding principal balance in interest of the Notes (“Majority in Interest”), at which time a Majority in Interest shall appoint a new Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent, if any, shall have the rights, responsibilities and immunities set forth in Schedule B hereto.

 

Section 19 Miscellaneous.

 

(a) No course of dealing between the Debtor and the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent, nor any failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent, any right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Purchase Agreement or the Notes shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

(b) All of the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether established hereby or by the Notes or by any other agreements, instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently.

 

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(c) This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Notes, together with the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto. No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Debtor and the Secured Parties holding 67% or more of the principal amount of Notes then outstanding, or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought.

 

(d) If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

(e) No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

(f) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Debtor may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Secured Party (other than by merger). Any Secured Party may assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement to any Person (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) to whom such Secured Party assigns or transfers any Obligations, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Obligations, by the provisions of this Agreement that apply to the “Secured Parties.”

 

(g) Each party shall take such further action and execute and deliver such further documents as may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.

 

(h) Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, all questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement, and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, each of Debtor agrees that all proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or Collateral Agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the County of New York, New York (“New York Courts”). Except to the extent mandatorily governed by the jurisdiction or situs where the Collateral is located, Debtor hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such proceeding is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(i) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile or electronic transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.

 

(j) Debtor shall indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and their respective partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the cost of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or alleged to arise from the Purchase Agreement, the Notes, this Agreement or the Collateral, except any such losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses which result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee as determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. This indemnification provision is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other indemnification provision in the Notes, the Purchase Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or other document executed or delivered in connection herewith or therewith.

 

(k) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to subject Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to liability as a fiduciary, joint-venturer, agent or partner in Debtor or any if its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a partnership or as a member or manager in Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a limited liability company, nor shall Collateral Agent or any Secured Party be deemed to have assumed any obligations under any partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, of Debtor or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or otherwise, unless and until any such Secured Party exercises its right to be substituted for Debtor as a partner or member, as applicable, pursuant hereto.

 

(l) To the extent that the grant of the security interest in the Collateral and the enforcement of the terms hereof require the consent, approval or action of any partner or member, as applicable, of either Debtor or any direct or indirect subsidiary of either Debtor or compliance with any provisions of any of the Organizational Documents, the Debtor hereby grants such consent and approval and waives any such noncompliance with the terms of said documents.

 

(m) Debtor further agrees that, if any payment made by the Debtor or other Person and applied to the Obligations is at any time annulled, avoided, set aside, rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be refunded or repaid, or the proceeds of Collateral are required to be returned by any Secured Party to Debtor, its estate, trustee, receiver or any other Person, including Debtor, under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, any lien or other Collateral securing such liability shall be and remain in full force and effect, as fully as if such payment had never been made or, if prior thereto the lien granted hereby or other Collateral securing such liability hereunder shall have been released or terminated by virtue of such cancellation or surrender, such lien or other Collateral shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect any lien or other Collateral securing the obligations of either Debtor in respect of the amount of such payment.

 

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(Signature Page Follows)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above written.

 

  VIRPAX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Gerald Bruce
  Name:  Gerald Bruce                            
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDER(S) FOLLOWS]

 

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SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS OF

 

SENIOR SECURED NOTES

 

Name of Investing Entity: CORBO CAPITAL INC.

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing entity: /s/ Adam Chambers

 

Name of Authorized Signatory: Adam Chambers

 

Title of Authorized Signatory: President

 

[Investor/Holder Signature Page to Security Agreement]

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

Principal Place(s) of Business of Debtor and where Collateral is Located and Stored:

  

SCHEDULE B

Rights and Privileges of the Collateral Agent

 

SCHEDULE C

Filing Jurisdictions

 

SCHEDULE F

Intellectual Property

 

SCHEDULE H

Pledged Securities

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE B

Rights and Privileges of the Collateral Agent

 

1. Collateral Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.

 

(a) The Secured Parties shall appoint, and the Debtor hereby consents to and approves such appointment, which appointment is coupled with an interest, and shall automatically terminate on the date that all Obligations under the Purchase Agreement, this Agreement and the Notes (subject to the reinstatement provision of section 6 hereof) (“Termination Date”), the Collateral Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Debtor and in the name of such Debtor or otherwise, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Debtor hereby gives the Collateral Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Debtor, either in the Collateral Agent’s name or in the name of such Debtor or otherwise, without assent by such Debtor, to do any or all of the following, in each case after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default all without prior notice to the Debtor (provided that the Collateral Agent shall provide prompt notice to the Debtor thereafter of the initial exercise of any such rights): (i) take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any account constituting Collateral or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any account constituting Collateral or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable; (ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Security Interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Debtor relating thereto or represented thereby; (iii) pay or discharge taxes and liens levied or placed on or threatened against any of the Collateral (other than taxes not required to be discharged under this Agreement and other than Permitted Liens); (iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in this Agreement, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to any of the Collateral; (v) obtain and adjust insurance required to be maintained by such Debtor pursuant to this Agreement; (vi) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent or as the Collateral Agent shall direct; (vii) ask or demand for, collect and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any of the Collateral; (viii) sign and endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (ix) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any of the Collateral; (x) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Debtor with respect to any of the Collateral; (xi) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding with respect to any of the Collateral and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate; and (xii) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Collateral Agent’s option and such Debtor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things that the Collateral Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Security Interest therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Debtor might do.

 

(b) Subject to any limitations of the Collateral Agent to take actions as set forth in clause (a) above, if either Debtor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein within a reasonable period of time after the Collateral Agent has requested it to do so, the Collateral Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement at Debtor’s sole expense.

 

(c) Debtor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the Security Interest created hereby is released.

 

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2. Duty of Collateral Agent.

 

The Collateral Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property. Neither the Collateral Agent, any Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys in fact or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of Debtor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to Debtor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own respective gross negligence or willful gross misconduct as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Collateral Agent’s lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by Debtor in connection therewith, nor shall the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable to the Secured Parties for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

 

3. Authority of Collateral Agent.

 

Debtor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Collateral Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, be governed by this Agreement, and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Collateral Agent and the Debtor, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the applicable Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Debtor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

 

4. Security Interest Absolute.

 

All rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interest and all Obligations of the Debtor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional.

 

5. Continuing Security Interest; Assignments Under this Agreement; Release.

 

(a) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon Debtor and the successors and assigns thereof and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and their respective successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns permitted under this Agreement until the Termination Date (subject to the reinstatement provision of section 6 below).

 

(b) The Security Interest granted hereby in any Collateral shall automatically be released as it relates to the Obligations upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the Security Interest granted hereby by the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent. Any such release in connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition of such Collateral permitted under this Agreement to a Person that is not Debtor shall result in such Collateral being sold, transferred or disposed of, as applicable, free and clear of the lien and Security Interest created hereby.

 

(c) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to clause (a) or clause (b) above, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to Debtor, at Debtor’s expense, all documents that Debtor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release subject to, if reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent’s receipt of a certification by the Company stating that such transaction is in compliance with this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and Notes. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this section 5 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

 

6. Liability.

 

Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its managers, members, officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys in fact or affiliates shall be liable to any party for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument except for its or such other Person’s own gross negligence or willful gross misconduct, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Virpax Pharmaceuticals Secures $2.5 Million Loan Financing and an Agreement
with an Institutional Investor to Negotiate Additional Funding

--Announces Reorganization of Board of Directors--

 

BERWYN, PA – July 8, 2024 — Virpax® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Virpax” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: VRPX), a company specializing in developing non-addictive products for pain management, post-traumatic stress disorder, central nervous system (CNS) disorders and anti-viral barrier indications, today announced that it has closed a $2.5 million secured loan financing from an institutional investor which enabled the final payment of its litigation settlement. As part of this financing, the Company’s Board of Directors has been reorganized, and has been reduced to seven members from eight. Four new board members have been selected by the institutional investor and appointed to the Board, and five Board members have resigned.

 

“This loan by the institutional investor, combined with an agreement to negotiate additional funding, will allow us to continue fulfilling our mission to develop non-addictive pain drugs as well as other CNS product candidates with high unmet medical need,” stated Gerald Bruce, CEO of Virpax Pharmaceuticals. “We believe we have a valuable portfolio of assets which was confirmed to us by the high level of interest we received at the recent BIO meeting in San Diego. Our new funding relationship gives us the confidence and flexibility to fund our programs moving forward.”

 

Additionally, Virpax announced the changes to its Board of Directors with the appointments of Ms. Judy Su, Mr. Gary Herman, Mr. Jatinder Dhaliwal and Ms. Katharyn Field. Resignations from Virpax’s Board were tendered effective upon consummation of the financing by Dr. Jeffrey Gudin, Dr. Thanigavelan Jambulingam, Mr. Michael Dubin, Mr. Jerrold Sendrow and Dr. Barbara Ruskin.

 

“We are excited to welcome our new Board members whom we anticipate will bring expertise and fresh vision to assist us as we move into our next stage of development. We expect to begin first-in-human trials in 2025,” continued Mr. Bruce.

 

Ms. Judy Su was lead pharmacist at a national drug store for six years and has knowledge and experience of large-scale retail distribution of scheduled drugs and medications. Currently, Ms. Su works as a pharmacist in the public sector. She has years of experience serving as an independent director for multiple publicly traded companies listed in Canada (CSE,TSX). Judy graduated in 2012 at the University of British Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy.

 

Mr. Gary Herman is a seasoned investor. From 2006 until 2021, he co-managed Strategic Turnaround Equity Partners, LP (Cayman), and from 2005 until 2020 he was affiliated with Arcadia Securities LLC. Gary’s expertise extended to his role as a managing member of Abacoa Capital Management, LLC from January 2011 until August 2013, where his focus centered on the Global-Macro investment strategy. His background also includes tenure as an investment banker at Burnham Securities, Inc., a managing partner of Kingshill Group, Inc., and as a director for various public company boards. Mr. Herman received a B.S. in Political Science from the University at Albany, with minors in Business and Music.

 

 

 

 

Mr. Jatinder (Jay) Dhaliwal is a registered pharmacist and has served as CEO and director of multiple publicly traded companies listed on Canadian (CSE, TSX) and American (Nasdaq) exchanges. Mr. Dhaliwal is currently a director of a Nasdaq listed leading seed to patient cannabis producer in Europe as well as serving as an independent director of a Nasdaq listed premier marketing agency specialized in the liquor industry. Previously, he worked in an upper management role in a large national pharmacy and has extensive knowledge in agricultural, medical and pharmaceutical operations. Mr. Dhaliwal holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Victoria.

 

Ms. Katharyn (Katie) Field’s background includes positions spanning both the private and public sectors and brings a wealth of experience and expertise in strategy consulting and executive leadership. Ms. Field is currently the CEO and Chairman of Halo Collective Inc., an Executive Director at Akanda Corporation, and the Chairperson of Aerwins Technology. She has held prominent positions at renowned organizations including in the White House in the office of the public liaison, the Brookings Institution as a manager of operations, and Bain & Company as a consultant. In 2014, Ms. Field entered the cannabis industry working with one of the original vertically integrated licensed medical marijuana treatment centers in Florida. Subsequently, she operated a strategy consulting practice focused on cannabis and served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at MariMed from 2018 to 2019. Ms. Field holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA with honors from Stanford University.

 

“We are grateful to the outgoing Board members and thank them for their support and contributions,” concluded Mr. Bruce.

 

About Virpax Pharmaceuticals

 

Virpax is developing branded, non-addictive pain management products candidates using its proprietary technologies to optimize and target drug delivery. Virpax is initially seeking FDA approval for two prescription drug candidates that employ two different patented drug delivery platforms. Probudur™ is a single injection liposomal bupivacaine formulation being developed to manage post-operative pain and Envelta™ is an intranasal molecular envelope enkephalin formulation being developed to manage severe pain, including post cancer pain. Virpax is also using its intranasal Molecular Envelope Technology (MET) to develop one other prescription product candidate, NobrXiol™, which is being developed for the nasal delivery of a pharmaceutical-grade cannabidiol (CBD) for the management of rare pediatric epilepsy. Virpax has competitive cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) for two of its prescription drug candidates, one with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and one with the Department of Defense (DOD). Virpax is also seeking approval of two nonprescription product candidates: AnQlar, which is being developed to inhibit viral replication caused by influenza or SARS-CoV-2, and Epoladerm™, which is a topical diclofenac spray film formulation being developed to manage pain associated with osteoarthritis. For more information, please visit virpaxpharma.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including those described below. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the industry and markets in which we operate and management’s current beliefs and assumptions.

 

These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking expressions, including, but not limited to, “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “estimate,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions and the negatives of those terms and include statements regarding an agreement to negotiate additional funding, allowing the Company to continue fulfilling its mission to develop non-addictive pain drugs as well as other CNS product candidates with high unmet medical need; the portfolio of assets which being valuable, the new funding relationship giving the Company confidence and flexibility to fund its programs moving forward, the new Board members bringing expertise and fresh vision to assist the Company as it moves into its next stage of development, and beginning the first-in-human trials in 2025. These statements relate to future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including the contributions to be derived from the new board members, the ability to raise future funding sufficient to enable the Company to continue to fulfill its mission, fund its programs and begin first-in-human trials in 2025 and other factors listed under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q that the Company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Investor Relations Contact:

 

Betsy Brod

Affinity Growth Advisors

Betsy.brod@affinitygrowth.com

(917) 923-8541

 

Media Contact:

 

Robert Cavosi
RooneyPartners
rcavosi@rooneypartners.com
(646) 638-9891

 

 

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